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    Haptic Touch

    Sep 15, 2020 3 minutes
    CARRIE MARSHALL

    HOW IT WORKS

    YOU WILL LEARN

    All about Haptic Touch for iPhone and how it differs from the older screen technology 3D Touch.

    HAPTIC TOUCH GIVES YOU TACTILE FEEDBACK WHEN YOU LONGPRESS YOUR SCREEN

    KEY FACT

    The word haptic comes from the Greek “haptesthai,” meaning to touch; the word was anglicized to become “haptic,” which means “relating to the sense of touch.” In tech, haptics is an umbrella term for technology that utilizes touch for input or to provide feedback to the user. Those little taps your Apple Watch does while navigating? That’s haptic feedback.

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